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This Month’s Winning Finds.

Published Jul 22, 2011, 9:00am

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IMPORTLa dolce vita meets budget runabout in the Fiat 500, a zesty Italian hit making an Oregon debut driven by Adam Tonkin, 28-year-old scion of the local auto empire. “This car ?ts the city, and we want to create a culture around it,” Tonkin says; the sales “studio” he leads will sponsor Italian-themed events and a rally club. Fiat’s return to America starts at $16,000, whips around like motorized espresso, and passes the car seat/groceries/errands test with a ?ying tricolore. tonkin?at.com